Artificial Intelligence as a Managerial Decision Support Infrastructure in Hospitals: A Governance Framework.

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has precipitated a paradigm shift in healthcare; however, scholarly and policy discourse still prioritizes clinical applications, while managerial applications remain comparatively underexamined. This narrative review focuses on AI governance in hospital ma...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Lokman Hekim Health Sciences Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 341 - 352
Autores principales: Şahin, İsmet, Zengul, Ferhat Devrim
Formato: review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: KARE Publishing Jun2026
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194639960&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 194639960
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        27917835
        N1MV
      jtl: Lokman Hekim Health Sciences
      issn: 27917835
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jun2026
      vid: 6
      iid: 2
      pid: 62027
      pub: KARE Publishing
    artinfo:
      ui:
        194639960
        194639960
        194639960
        10.14744/lhhs.2026.10041
        194639960
      ppf: 341
      ppct: 11
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Artificial Intelligence as a Managerial Decision Support Infrastructure in Hospitals: A Governance Framework.
      aug:
        au:
          Şahin, İsmet
          Zengul, Ferhat Devrim
        affil: Department of Health Services Management, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara, Türkiye
      sug:
        subj:
          Artificial Intelligence
          Decision Support Systems, Clinical
          Hospitals
          Public Health Infrastructure
          Health Care Delivery
          Clinical Governance
          Accountability
          Organizational Culture
          Health Facility Administration
          Strategic Planning
          Health Resource Allocation
          Thematic Analysis
          Workforce
          Conceptual Framework
      ab: The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has precipitated a paradigm shift in healthcare; however, scholarly and policy discourse still prioritizes clinical applications, while managerial applications remain comparatively underexamined. This narrative review focuses on AI governance in hospital management and repositions AI as a managerial decision support infrastructure capable of reshaping hospital governance, organizational accountability, and institutional legitimacy. We conducted a structured narrative synthesis drawing on organizational theory, healthcare management, and AI governance literature. Relevant sources were identified through targeted database searches and citation tracking, screened for applicability to hospital-level managerial AI (strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance oversight), and synthesized via iterative thematic analysis to identify recurring governance challenges and convergent mechanisms. Based on this synthesis, we develop a three-dimensional governance framework linking managerial AI to (1) decision-authority distribution, (2) accountability mechanisms, and (3) institutional legitimacy. The framework is operationalized with illustrative scenarios and contextualized for the Turkish healthcare system. Our analysis shows that effective managerial AI governance requires explicit authority assignment, baseline thresholds for transparency and auditability, and board-level oversight structures to prevent responsibility diffusion and protect institutional legitimacy. We conclude with implementation guidance for hospital leaders and health system regulators.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        review
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N